The Club Players Association has published the results of its latest player poll ahead of another meeting with senior GAA officials today.

The representative body for club players, launched in January, claims to have received in excess of 3,700 responses from its membership to a survey carried out over last weekend, with the main findings revealing that:

86% are not happy with the way club fixtures are run in their county.

71% favour a tiered football championship.

74% want the All-Ireland club finals played pre-Christmas.

56% want the provincial championships scrapped.

84% want enforcement of rules.

Incoming GAA president John Horan

The CPA has also welcomed reports that a Special Congress is set to be held in the autumn to address the imbalance between high profile hurling and football fixtures created by the introduction of the ‘Super 8’ system for the 2018 All-Ireland SFC.

A statement said: “We believe it provides an ideal opportunity to also consider the issues of club fixtures and it is something we have already called for without success.

“It would be inconceivable at this stage not to include the club fixtures issue in a Special Congress and have it achieve official status under rule thereby underlining the special status of clubs and their players in the GAA.

“We believe the period before such a congress allows the GAA to embark on the widest possible consultation to engage players and we are committed to making our channels available to achieve that.”